A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has remanded a 37-year-old man, Azubike Ugochukwu, in a correctional centre over alleged burglary and theft of property valued at N22,594,000.
Ugochukwu was arraigned on a three-count cost of burglary and theft most popular in opposition to him by the Ondo State Police Command.
While informing the courtroom that the defendant and others nonetheless at massive dedicated the offences on May 19, 2025, at Ondo Road, Akure, the police prosecutor, Adebayo Sulaiman, acknowledged that Ugochukwu and different suspects broke into the residence of 1 Adara Rawlings.
Sulaiman added that the suspects carted away a number of high-value electronics, devices, equipment and private gadgets price hundreds of thousands of naira.
The prosecutor listed the stolen gadgets to incorporate one Samsung S20 FE, one Samsung S6 Lite pill, two iPhone 13s, two Samsung Note 20 Ultras, one Itel P65, one HP ProE-book (640GB), two Dell XPS 9343 laptops, one iPhone 14 Pro Max and two Samsung Note 8s.
According to Sulaiman, the offences contravened Sections 383(2)(a), 390(9), 412 and 516 of the Criminal Code, Cap 37, Vol. 1, Laws of Ondo State, 2006. He additional added that different gadgets stolen included one Alienware M15 R5 laptop computer, one HP EliteDisplay S14 moveable monitor and one Microsoft Surface Pro 7 removable keyboard.
Other gadgets allegedly stolen had been baggage containing laptop computer chargers, two telephone chargers, one MSI Bravo laptop computer, one MSI Raider GE66, one Dell Precision 7560, two MSI Raider GE78AX laptops, three items of jewelry, one physique cream, one pack of bathing cleaning soap and N35,000 money, all valued at N22,594,000.
The prosecutor additional advised the courtroom that one Chukwuemeka Paul had stood as surety for the defendant whereas he was in police custody, however Ugochukwu allegedly absconded after being launched to the surety. He was, nevertheless, later tracked and rearrested in Ikorodu, Lagos State.
Urging the courtroom to refuse the bail utility, the prosecutor cited the seriousness of the allegations. In response, counsel to the defendant, A. I. Shaibu, appealed to the courtroom to contemplate his shopper’s elementary proper to liberty.
Meanwhile, the Justice of the Peace, Damilola Sekoni, granted the prosecution’s prayer and ordered that Ugochukwu be remanded on the Olokuta Correctional Facility in Akure. The case was adjourned untill January 19, 2026, for listening to.